First morning of the 3-Day Memorial Day Round Robin, we came into 2 inches of rain having already fallen, and no end in sight for the weekend. Just under 4 inches fell in total over the three days.
We spent more time moving water, than mowing grass over the weekend, but all told, the course handled it well and the tournament went off with little interruption…. to the dismay of most playing.
The day after the tournament, fairways were punched and we verticut greens in two directions.
We pulled a lot of material from greens after verticutting alone.
Greens were mowed immediately after verticutting and cleanup.
The following day we pulled cores, cleaned, topdressed, and brushed greens.
This is the current state of greens, after being fertilized yesterday and rolled this morning. We beat greens up this week, but they’ll be better for it once healed. A nice shower will go a long way in speeding up healing ahead of the incoming heat. Greens probably won’t be mowed again until early next week.
We also beat up the crew this week. I’m grateful they were willing to work over the holiday weekend, and put in some extra time and effort, to get aeration out of the way.